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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 19, 1738
Page
1
Scotland mourns Alexander Mitchel writer to the Signer after a long illness. He lost his house to fire years earlier and declined in health from the shock. A rumored Orkney plague caused townwide concern, later explained as a new set of excitements.
News from Newcastle reports His Majesty's free pardon arriving for William Wellams and Luke Rutherford who were condemned for the Black Act and sentenced to death. The pardon came via Ralph Jennison, Ely, Knight of the Shire. Also from Workington, a riot left John Burne dead after an assault by a mob bearing swords and firearms.
On St Thomas Day London ward elections produced clear majorities for principled Common-Councilmen defending liberty and city welfare against court influence. Gifts to poor Londoners at Christmas confirmed. Archbishop of York ill at Downing Street. Reports of separations and upcoming divorces in parliament circles. Death of Rev Mr Hall of Spittlefields and succession by Rev Mr John Pritchard at Christ Church living.
A long satirical epitaph by a schoolboy about Gallop and Joan is followed by notices of royal and political happenings. The Gold Cup for Bath’s corporation, Corsican affairs, the Lord Chancellor's illness, Gibraltar dispatches, and Essex forest elections are itemized. Births, deaths, and marriages at St James’s, Grosvenor Street, and Beauford Buildings appear among schoolmaster elections, a barber’s death from love-powder, and Admiralty execution details. Reports of private letters from New England, Caribbean, and Africa mention ships, captures, and murders, with commerce data for Cambricks and exports to Jamaica, Virginia, and Spain.
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